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Toys

Stuffed animals that talk back. Chessboards with pieces that move on their own. And a chatty holographic fairy in a crystal ball. Your…

24.12.2025 by Swedan Margen

For the cover of the October 6, 2025, issue, the cartoonist R. Kikuo Johnson portrayed one of the simple pleasures afforded to new parents…

29.09.2025 by Swedan Margen

McDonald’s Japan is tightening its rules on Happy Meals after facing chaos during a Pokémon collaboration earlier this summer. When…

On a recent quiet weekday morning in Manhattan, I attempted to obtain a Labubu, the cutesy monster doll that has become the biggest…

20.08.2025 by Swedan Margen

Your next toy or game may be able to converse with you. Mattel, the El Segundo toy maker behind Barbie and Hot Wheels, said Thursday that…

12.06.2025 by Swedan Margen

Less than a week ago, President Trump suggested that children may have to make do with fewer toys this year. “Well, maybe the children…

06.05.2025 by Kim Browne

“Well, I guess I was supposed to be a moviemaker. We’re talking—we started with the moviemaking, and it will end,” Trump replied. “It…

05.05.2025 by Kim Browne

President Trump’s China tariffs are threatening Christmas. Toy makers, children’s shops and specialty retailers are pausing orders for the…

29.04.2025 by Kim Browne

The heartwarming moment a blind cat discovered a toy mouse has brought joy to millions of viewers in a now-viral video. In the clip, blind…

22.04.2025 by Kevin Harson

It’s one Lego kit, a collection of small plastic bricks and related accessories. What could it cost? The answer, it turns out, could be…

14.04.2025 by Kim Browne

AT 18, Nick Mowbray dropped out of college in his native New Zealand and moved to China with his older brother, Mat. The pair spoke no…

25.12.2024 by Swedan Margen

When South African officials at Cape Town’s international airport came across cardboard boxes labelled as toys being sent to China they…